Aleksandr Ivanov-Gai

Burdened with Russia's most common name (Ivanov = Jones), Aleksandr Ivanovich Ivanov-Gai differentiated himself by the hyphenated "Gai." Thus he should not be confused with another Russian director, Aleksandr Gavrilovich Ivanov [qv] (1898-1984), who was not hyphenated and not related! Ivanov-Gai initially earned his living as an ace newspaper ...